What Is Communion and Liberation?
Sofia Carozza on how the CL movement makes her Catholic.
2017
The Blessing of Marital Monotony
Richard Becker, husband, father of seven, nursing instructor, and religious educator, finds sanctification right in the middle of the monotony of marriage.
Jazz: A Foretaste of Eternal Life
Carolyn Pirtle, assistant director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, jams on how polyphonic music, especially jazz, images the communion of saints.
Belief in the Communion of Saints Isn't Optional
Leonard J. DeLorenzo, director of Notre Dame Vision, lays out why there is no doubt the communio sanctorum is central to a fully orthodox Catholic faith.
The Cure for a Throwaway Culture
Charles Camosy, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Fordham, follows the lead of Pope Francis in recommending Christian cures for what ails society.
Black Bodies, Kneeling, and the Liturgy
Eric T. Styles, Rector of Carroll Hall at the University of Notre Dame, puts Colin Kaepernick's kneeling within a liturgical and Girardian perspective.
Human Dignity Was a Rarity Before Christianity
David Bentley Hart recaptures the oddness of Christianity's universalization of human dignity.
Ancient Israel's Law of Defending the Weak
Anthony Pagliarini of Notre Dame's theology department argues the Law requires of Israel an extension of what God himself has done for her.
Catholic Disagreements and the Catechism's 25th Anniversary
Brian Pedraza, Assistant Professor of Theology at Our Lady of the Lake College in Baton Rouge, LA, on the long roots of current Catholic debates.
Human Dignity Can't Be Separated from Ecological Awareness
Fr. Terry Ehrman, CSC, Director for Life Sciences Research and Outreach at the ND Center for Theology, on Christ, stained-glass, and salvation.
A God Passionately Interested in Human Beings
Cyril O'Regan explains why Benedict XVI's Deus Caritas Est is one of the greatest encyclicals ever written.
I Used to Be a Creationist
I have a confession to make: I used to be a creationist. This probably sounds absurd, especially coming from a student at a university which prides itself on its commitment to faith and reason—a university which was even home to on...
The Hospitality of Adoption
"I hope that you'll have one of your own one day." Anyone who has adopted a child has heard this statement more than once. As an adopting parent of two children, I've learned to grit my teeth and smile, offering this gentle retort, "Wel...
MacIntyre on What's Sinking Catholic Education
Artur Rosman, Managing Editor of Church Life Journal, builds upon Alasdair MacIntyre's economic critique of Catholic higher education.
Welcoming the Child: Foundations of the Hospitable Imagination
Claire Fyrqvist argues that the meaning of hospitality inherent to pregnancy should color both our politics and our Catholic imagination more broadly.
Beauty Already Has Saved the World
St. Paul concludes his letter to the Philippians with an exhortation: Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and...
Letting the Imagination Out to Play
Last weekend, I was in Philadelphia for the Society for Catholic Liturgy. This “multidisciplinary association of Catholic scholars” seeks to promote the “scholarly study and practical renewal of the Church’s litur...
School as Personalist Community
Education is power. I’ve heard this many times, and I don’t disagree. However, our educational system is in crisis. Our diocesan schools are in crisis, and the solutions coming from the top don’t really seem to be helpi...
St. Francis of Assisi: Icon of the Hospitable Imagination
Jessica Keating argues, following St. Francis, that putting on Christ in baptism does not mean putting on only that part of Christ I agree with.
The Perfect Family Is an Idol
Anna Keating, author of The Catholic Catalogue, discusses why the American idea of family, the nuclear family, is way too small.
One Story at a Time
Different stories are here at Notre Dame. It’s time to find them.
Church Life is the Heart of the Catholic Imagination
Church life must once again become the heart of the Catholic imagination, but the onus of avoiding beauty’s revenge is not entirely upon the artists.
Don’t Panic About Nones Who Stop Believing
Sooner or later—probably sooner rather than later these days—children stop believing in Santa Claus. My younger brother was an exception to this rule, although to be fair there were a lot more cultural supports for Santa Clau...
